Biscuits

Biscuits. I love them. The ingredients are always around, they're easy, and they give the impression that an extra bit of care has gone into, say, an easy soup dinner. You can add cheddar, use milk and butter instead of a buttermilk biscuit, sweeten them up with honey - yay, biscuits!

Basic Buttermilk Biscuits

(8 biscuits)

2 c flour

4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tbs butter

2 tbs shortening

1 c buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450

1) With your hands, combine flour, salt and baking powder and baking soda into a crumb mixture.

2) Add the buttermilk and incorporate.

3) Turn out onto floured surface, sprinkle with flour and fold 5 times.

4) Pat down to 1" thickness, then cut with a biscuit cutter, folding over and reusing the scraps with as little reworking as possible.

5) Place on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes - golden on top and puffed up!